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The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) rail trail between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the ghost town of Leechtown, north of Sooke, where it meets the old Sooke Flowline. Maintained by the Capital Regional District (CRD), the trail forms part of the Trans-Canada Trail, and intersects the Lochside Regional Trail.
The Galloping Goose is a good choice for commuters to and from Langford. The Galloping Goose is southern Vancouver Island's most travelled trail and provides a continuous route from Sooke to Sidney to downtown Victoria. The Trail moves through urban, rural and wilderness settings and the surface of the trail often reflects its surroundings.
The Galloping Goose Regional Trail, part of the Trans-Canada Trail, runs through Sooke as far as Leechtown, the former site of a gold-rush town circa 1865. Once a rail line, the Goose is now a popular pedestrian and cycling route connecting Sooke to Victoria.
Portage Inlet as seen from the Galloping Goose Trail, May 2007. The Gorge was for many years the primary swimming location for Victoria including a tall diving platform at Curtis Point. By the 1930s the pollution levels were too high to allow for swimming. In recent years the work to clean the waterway has led to a return to swimming in the ...
The former Leechtown, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south of Sooke Lake and about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Sooke Potholes Provincial Park was previously accessible by bike or foot along the Galloping Goose Trail. Since 2012, a warning sign and locked gate before the end of the trail have signified access to Leechtown is prohibited. [29]
Galloping Goose Regional Trail - Victoria; Lochside Regional Trail - Victoria; Spirit Trail - North Vancouver, West Vancouver; The Green Necklace - North Vancouver ...
Greater Victoria (also known as the Greater Victoria Region) is located in British Columbia, ... Galloping Goose Regional Trail (from Victoria west through Sooke)
[1] [2] The E&N Rail Trail was also designed to connect with existing popular trail systems such as the Galloping Goose Regional Trail or Lochside Regional Trails. [3] The trail lays alongside a suspended yet active rail line (Southern Railway of Vancouver Island or SVI). [4] [5] The trail is named for SVI's predecessor Esquimalt and Nanaimo ...